Jessica Hickman /
Mixed.Media.Monsters
Puppeteer, Puppet Maker, Director
Victoria, BC
Jessica lives in Victoria, BC and works as a puppeteer, puppet maker, prop maker, and theatre creator. She is the co-Artistic Director of Open Pit Theatre, an ensemble-based devised theatre company based in Whitehorse. Her first dip into puppetry was with Ramshackle Theatre in 2017, when she co-created, directed and toured Tombstone: A Cardboard Western. She was recently commissioned by Puente Theatre to build a 16-foot glowing puppet for the National Art Centre’s Grand Acts of Theatre and is continuing to create puppets and creatures for local companies. In 2019, she joined forces with full-face mask company, The Wonderheads, to collaborate and perform in Wonderheads’ Christmas Carol and Loon. Her company is currently touring Radio Silence, a mask and puppetry show of which Jessica was the co-writer, director, and puppet maker. In addition, Jessica currently teaches Devising Theatre and Career Management at The Canadian College of Performing Arts and The University of Victoria
About Us
UNIMA West is the Western Canadian Centre of UNIMA Canada, which is itself a National Centre of UNIMA International.
UNIMA West is supported in part by fiscal agent Canadian Academy of Mask and Puppetry (CAMP).
